"Arthur!"

Lancelot charged through the camp, pushing past anything in his way. His head was still buzzing from what he had just found out. But instead of slowing him down, it willed him on, giving him one goal: tell Arthur.

He finally reached the tent where his commander was most likely looking over maps, and ran inside. He gasped for breath upon seeing Arthur, intent on telling him the news as quickly and as accurate as possible.

Arthur's face held surprise on Lancelot's sudden entrance, and the Roman quickly hurried to his second's side.

"Lancelot!" Arthur said, putting down a map of western Rome. "What happened? Are you alright?"

Lancelot nodded, trying desperately to catch his breath. "Yes! Yes I'm fine. But Arthur-it's Gabrieal-."

Arthur's face went from concern to displeasure at the announcement of his knight's name. But Lancelot ignored Arthur's reaction, plowing on with his story.

"Arthur, he's gone!"

"Gone? As in dead? How? What?" Arthur interrupted urgently.

"No, no!" Lancelot shook his head harshly. "He's just….left! To find the Saxons! Not five minutes ago, we were at the edge of the woods and-,"

"To find the Saxons?" Arthur frowned deeply, as he studied Lancelot. "He's gone to find them? Why? He can't be trying to defeat them himself? Why, that arrogant-,"

"Arthur I do not think he means to defeat them!" Lancelot cut in, looking grim and solemn.

"I think he means to join them."

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Gabrieal did not know where the enemy had gone off to.

Stop that, he told himself sternly. They're not the enemy. Not that he knew who was. He had yet to understand who The Enemy was. Arthur and the other Sarmatians spoke of the Saxons and the Woads as the enemy. But Gabrieal did not agree. He had many enemies. Many he did not like. Many he wanted gone.

The Saxons wanted control of Rome. But what did Gabrieal care? The Saxons could have Rome. They could have Briton! They could have the world and he would not give a sword about it!

Then what did he care about?

He kept walking, oblivious to anything but his own gloomy thoughts. You don't care about anything, a sly voice in his head said. His eyes blazed with a sudden surge of anger, and he felt like breaking something.

Crushing a helpless twig in his hand, he found that it did little to comfort him. He let the pieces fall to the ground.

He cared about no one. He had once. Not too long ago. They had been best friends, and there was no one who had understood Gabrieal as well as Adrean had. In battle, they had been invincible as a team. Or so Gabrieal had thought. They never strayed far from each other, no matter what.

Loyalty had always been important to Adrean and-

(Loyalty, Gabrieal, is the world's weapon)

-He had always been loyal to Gabrieal.

But that day, as they were waiting for the Woads to appear, so that they could fight against them, Adrean had said something strange.

"Maybe we should change our battle strategy." He had commented softly, and only Gabrieal had heard him.

"What do you mean?" Gabrieal had asked, puzzled.

"You know, fight separately." Adrean had answered a strange look in his eyes. Like he was seeing something far away, and was disturbed by it.

"What? No. No, we've never lost together! Why change?" Gabrieal had protested, his voice raising as it always did.

"You need to learn to accept change, Gabrieal." Adrean said, sighing. "I think that it is time we try a new method."

But Gabrieal still had not agreed. "But suppose something goes wrong! Suppose it doesn't work and one of us ends up on the wrong side of a blade!"

Adrean had looked directly into Gabrieal's eyes, and it made Gabrieal feel uncomfortable, and he squirmed in his saddle. "Life is made of risks, Gabrieal. It's only a matter of whether we choose to take them or not."

They had split up that battle. Fought separately. And Gabrieal hadn't liked it one bit.

And then came the battle's end.

Adrean had not walked among the survivors.

Gabrieal furiously blinked against his tears and began to run faster and faster until he was sprinting. Sprinting to find an army that wanted him dead. Sprinting away from an army that thought him worthless. He was between sides. He belonged on neither.

And then he caught sight of the Saxons' camp, and never in his life had he felt this way before.

Gabrieal had nothing more to loose, and everything to gain. Perhaps it was this that caused him to drop his pack, and run down the hill and straight into the camp. He would make the Saxons listen to him, and if they killed him in the process, at least he would die trying.

Taking a deep breath, Gabrieal walked among the Saxons.

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A/N: Just one quick thing before the review thanks: I've gotten some statements about certain characters being similar to other characters of the Arthurian legends and other stories, and let me just say that any resemblances between these characters and the characters of legend is purely coincidental. All the traits have come from my own mind, I can promise you this. I'm very honored that they are similar to greater characters, but please know that I did not base them on anyone else's ideas.

Now on to the thank you's:

Irishfire- Thank you, I'm glad you liked Gawain's little speech! It is kind of what war is. Thanks for reviewing:)

MissBubbles- You're very clever! I can't reveal any future plots, even though I want to! Thanks for reviewing:)

tHe vOiCe WiThiN- Aaah! I'm going to have to read this legend! I promise promise promise that I did not base Gabrieal's character on Mordred! But I'm very glad you like him so far! Thanks for reviewing:)

Camreyn- I hope I answered your question. I do intend on writing less of the scenes from now on, however since I need to keep flashing from Lancelot and Arthur and the other knights, and then to Gabrieal and the Saxons, some of the scene/chunking is necessary. I hope you don't find this too annoying. I did not name Gabrieal after the Archangel (hence the different spelling, lol), I actually really like that name. I repeat, all similarities are coincidental! Thanks for reviewing:)

Evenstar-mor2004- Lol, the crazy traitor Gabrieal...Kinda has a ring to it...Lol, thanks for reviewing:)